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National Republican., 1887-11-01

Master Eugene Sanger, messenger boy 1922,
VINO was sent TO London last August by the
IycCum TheRter with q copy of the hftieth
night souvenir Of "The Highest Bidder" Wis.
mti NC cuiloflal rooms OF the hEpuBLlGAS
abroad. lie was bright as u dollar, IN new
uniform, polite as knight of the drawing room,
and brm full oi business The card repre-
sents scenes In "The Highest Bidder" Is OF
superior workmanship, and rellectscredt upon
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j. @. BEATEN BY KITEFOOT
AN EASY VICTORY FOR TIE PACING KING-RARE
RIPE,s CLEVER PERFORMANCE.

RIPEs CLEVER PERFORMANCE
DRIvIyG PARK, UTICA Aug. 10 tSpscfdu-A perfect day
and good with four good tile card. drew
largest crowd the the Driving PARK this Afternoon
there being 5000 people present The 22j
class called shortly after o'clock Four had
already trottcd and JustDa who had the Last sold
svorte in the pools SO SIG for the field Mil Girl lei
at the quarter IN 80 seconds aud the half in lO7 Atlantic
then and the By four lengths
Neither Jusuna Rare Ripe moved for this heat Mil
Girl Wallace and Mohawk being ruled out lett three
heat with Atlantic avorite at s25 TO $40
field Another surprise furnished by tho clever
driving OF Green. who kept Rare Ripe steady and
by len 9Th and half In 22lS The cheered
for ms victory Rare Rips stock wentup lie sold
for So s7 for The field ree horses vita two heats each
n,n,o tonsbi u hard he M r m tent IN " trt @
A. anlie supporter; lost heavily;
ehoce at so TO sl7 or NE held The fayore got away be-
back to fourth place interfering Hilton
the hrst turn and The latter gwen tue heat having nm
J. O SIM sold nrst chsce at SIS TO 81. Kneioot go
seconds and the hall in los sSlan did mot send q Tor MS
e. G S: srS %a the Sp s s5a S
10 the butt q tralIed her all the way totng easily
by The field dfoppeo TO So j. O bring
aroand the turn and cppod back to last place KiisiCoi
easily by four lengths. pulled up to
rag ''Srn. n.a now sD'' sold got for n' so ana %f
q I s the Start. kess s %.@ ss 1 asa% S %
j. q behind splan noidns for the word Thompson laped
together, with Kiieooi several lengths ahead Com
ing home this advantage csseno, but j. O. evil
dsnty driven Tor tho heat and Kefoot flushed
lengths sheah OF Hilton The judges Kefoot the
and The sslo was successfully got through with. The
- I lent" bedRed in the pool box
The 2l9 olss. vas loregone conclusion for the
Buffalo marc Boe Hamln. who In The
ting light at $50 TO ~ the
distance WAS named by the
mile gong the hs in i:os' aud the mile IL
present record Is 2il6k
between heat. contest between running teams to
wagon toox place. Tie jun driven by Madame
Marantetto and Myrtle. The formers doing the
mile 52 The said horse WoOdl.wn been Ihib.
tied each day ridden by Malzme Maranteit ectng much
admiration by his grace ul AMI tie skul rding
eQnsatrieBne.
Biz horses started in the 50 tro for sl00h Sarah
the party S25 " The
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TIE FAILURE OFY NATsOy & 90.

The assignment on Thursday of tho wenknowr
jewely firm Of N Matson g. Co.. Of Chicago, was
much discussed yesterday among tho leading Jewellers
Of this city. It said at the Jew ellers' Exchange
in the Aston House that the firms liabilities had beer
underestimate although 1t was impossible to deter
mine the exact amount at this time 1t was the gen
eral opinion that the failure would have perceptble
effect upon this market All the houses In this city
which arc creditors Of the suspended firm said I'd
be able TO bear the loss, while II Is thought by some
that the firm Will be able to pay Its Indebtedness In
full.
Enos Richardson OF the firm Of Enos Richardson
Co., of the heaviest creditors of the suspended
concern, said that MatsOn g. Co were always con-
sbred sound, and that their financial standing was
OF tho best The statements that the firm was
known to be shaky for some time, Mr. Richardson
continued, from firms which would have been
glad TO sell Matson & Co.'S goods IL they could MT
Richardson thought that II ~ Matson had not dleo
months ago, the firm would still be In existence
to-day and doing good business. The same opinion
was expressed by several other leading members OF
the trade
The firm Of n. Matson g. Co. one Of the best
known houses In Chicago, and was often called tho
"TfYany Of tho West" Mr.. Matson became connected
with the house in 1868, the house becoming hats0n
Co There several changes In the firm from that
limo until 1885; whom 1t became stock company.
In the great Chicago fire the firm suffered consider
ably, and Mr.. Matson, whose credit among business
high refused TO take advantage OF that fact
and paid 100 cents the dollar.
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sugar to Rowland &Aspinwal vessel TO Punch Edye CO
Brig 1ecn & MG y...s To- Pa SI pia win
Brig Towner Dayton. ST CroiI IA days. with sugar and
rum nx 10 V5a aatS S1 s%s %:.oeg Dem.a 20 days
with Sugar W Armstrong; vessel to Punch, Edge
Brig W Gale Hamilton st John. NIB. wlthlah toorder
se9r Harry White Hopkins. JeEems 10 day. with log
ssht E@as smith ssr; Faaltpsr Port Spain II days.
sugar to order: vessel TO Jonas smith Co
sUNsET.-At sasdv Hook wind moderate. sswi ha1y' Az
City Island wind light SWi clouds.
Arrived Yesterday
steamer Tallahassee Fisher. Savannah days. with mdss
and passengers to Henry Yonge.ir
CLEARED
Steamer Glenshiel (Br. Donaldson Observation-Disclosures
Steamer Etruria Br Cook. Liverpool via oueen't0wn
steamer CITY Of Chester tBr, Lewis Liverpool via Queens
town-Peter Wright Sons ,.,,s-,o,n s....r
Steamer schedam (Dtch) Potter Amsterdam funcn'
steamer La Brstagne (Fr. De JOusscn Havre-LOui' Do
sss%ssr El:aHs sHan I'pi'ua Mayas"'' s''0An' Pr
steamer Grande. Lewis Port Royal and Fernandna-
stesmer seminole Kemblc. Charleston Jacksonville
steamer Tallahassee Fisher savannah YSnGe IT,
ReS%Dso Oh p DOMINION s. CO
Steamer oet9s Esy1ea amSnrSermsnU Koo CO
Ship Anna (Ger. Menksns. NOrdenham. Ger-Her"ann
Bark Peirino HtaD Magloeca. cette-Funch. Edys Co
Bark onaway, Crickctt Valparaiso ana iGu'9ue-"
BARK Loyeherte tNor. Nicholson BuenOs Ayres -FuncS.
BARK coryphene (Br Gross Buenos Ayres-John Norton
Bark Lizzie Curry tbr). Meculloch. Windsor. Ns-cw
bark Antonio sala Pierce ana-W Munson
Brig Emeue BIZ Daniels, Santos-Thomas Norton ~
Brig Mathde (Gerl Waller, sAntos-W Crossm.h n
Brig EsperancosS II port. Lawrence Amonh A. Anu
MARKETED Amsinck n Co. - ,.... poo
Brig wa.a (Swod) OLSEN Peotas Braz-Carsten Doe
Bris Advance tBrS Bonnsil Georgetown Demerara-wes
Brig Americas Patterson. st Johns. PR Miller & Co.
SAILED.
Steamers Carolina. Liverpoo Johan Sverdrup Lisbon
Clement Para; Rio Grande, Fefnandlna
Bark flora IL Hopkins for san Diego
BELOW.
ship Ismir (Br Kimball from Hogo Mar n.
NOTICE TO MARINERS
bell buoy painted red has been placed on tathoma
outside the broken piles OF the Oh West Eng pe
Coney Island the following magnetic Tss
BUOY rs mporary and will be taken up about oeti
by orVier the Lighthouse Board VIEW
Tompkin.ville Aug 49, 1887 Inspector Sd Dstrlcs
THE MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS,
FOREIGN PORTS.
LIVERPOOL, Aug ls-sailed steamer Italy tBr, Pearce
for New-York.
SWANSEA Aug l9-saied. steamer Miueoa tBr). Evans.
for Newlork.
NEWPORT Aug 10 Sailed. steamer Winchester tBr. Wall
VALLEY, fer NewYork. ..
CoPEsHAoES Aug l7-saod. steamer Island (DanNskiodt
BREMkS Aug leArrived steamer Main Ger,. Kuhlmanns
fe Ssssrras Aug Hss STARVED steamer rrnacra B
Mitchell from New.York Aug q $500 -,
BXRcEioSG.. Aug I6-Arnysd steamer Powhattan tBr'
Jenkins. from New-York July 20 ,, m, AZ,
HOMO KoSo. Aug l7-sailed steamer Hanko" lbr'' NC
Kenkie. for New. York. - ,,,-- ,....
AUCKLAND. Aug lo-Arrived, steamer MariposS hAy"~u
from san Francisco
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MONMOUTH PARK ENTRIES TO-DAY.
BOTH HANOVER AND KINGSTON TO RUN IN THE
OMNIBUS STAKES.

The great attraction Monmouth to-day will be the
Omnibus Stakes with the $4,000 added money and the
DIVERS will Start both Hanover and Kingston The
latter colt mile and half in public, and
there will be general interest 10 what he can DO at
that distance with SO fast fy Firenz and 30 steady
rater Lasgard Perhaps the Dryers hope " cap
both Hrst and second money. but even their phe
nomenal hardly them. On the whole
1t is probable that they will King ,ton merely TO give
such Assistance Hanover he supply Hanover
has improved much since Laggard defeated him at sew
pounds difference that he will probably win the
Dmn bus. although he must shoulder l25 pounds But
will OF the hardest OF his life 70 win
with weight foI FirenEi Will be at his nank as he
ZONES the hOmesus CHI. and She will be far better
ridden than she last Saturday. CndOubtedy CARR
will have the mount on Firenzi. and in riding he
little Church about fifty pounds and beating
Then. too. LagRard. who will probably be ridden by
Hayward is fora liable foe with his seven pounds OF
I'D, antage In the weights for Laegard never knows
when he is beaten struggles brsvey TO the last
Srde. Hanover afford " loer Or daily for a
yard todAy. Yet. nevertheless Hanover TO win Is all
all the best selection OF the lot Good Iater as Lag
gard is Fircnzi is showing such speed that She
should lust second place though Laggird Will give
her a stubborn hight The SDendthrifts. as rule
do not relish dis lance and though Kingston Is hycr
at mile do him to stay out the
uie and half to-day. and think that both Firenzi and
Lsggsrd will o1tstay him.
In the Criterion Stass some fast two-yearOlds will
meet and 1t is prize worth winning. Now or Never
has been an extremely unlucky colt having narrowly
escaDed scoring some credtabc successes. 1t is GER
!sinv time for Mr. Ca,satVs stable 70 win stake for
two-yearolds lie will have hard WORK 10 defeat sDc-
sialtv a fast fiiy. who has big trials. while
CleOla Is improving Don Carlos is dangerous the Cadence
6lv has shown speed and Defauer and the ldala colt
can travel rapdly But Now Never ~ win, with
SIccay sec0nd-as the FLY must give the colt seven
pounds bv conditions OF the race-secms fair selcc
ton.
CAPTAIN Coser tired Of giving Garrison soft things"
handieaDs horses owned by the Jockey. and has
iumDed Cyc0Ds 10 ll9 pounds in the first race That
colts breath he has been used TO
more lenent treatment. and even GatrisOns skin
hardly get him in front. his is M0na's Opportu
nifty IL she and her Jockey will make only genuine eaort
win With Only l0i pounds up she ought 10 be able
to easily II the stable wants her 10 win. But her
performances have been rdinary and
absolutely mystifyng that IT might not be safe 70 put
un olndcd hdence In her. ecosa should TN sec-
ond tho, On IL rel| dang
EOle has excellent chance Ia the fourth as
Eoan Will nho the distance little far tor his liking
Unless Eole walks, he should win, with second.
Jennie b. should win the fifth race, with Banner
Bearer second.
These are the entries in fun
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SHIPPING NEWS.


PORT OF NEw.YoRK.........FRID AUG. 10. 1887
ARRIVED.
Steam frigate Kouingin der Netherlandor ntch)
Commander Kommeys ST Thomas July H. Has 297 officers
and men aud Ia guns
Steamer ella Brl Cochrane London Aug D. with mdse
toF J Hurst Arrived al the Bar at l. 80 . m
Queenstown with mdss and 9S5 passengers 10 Bruce
Ismay Arrived AZ the Bar at gam
steamer City Richmond (Br) Red,ord Liverpool Aus
Wright a sons. Arrived at the Bar at 6a
steamer Croma (Dr), Lord Newcastle Aug g. Dundee 5,
with mdss and passengers TO Simpson. spence & Young
Arrived at the Bar AZ $50 m
steamer Goiser DAM Moer Copenhagen Aug g. Christi
g. Chrstansand d. with mdse and 900 passengers 10
Funch Edge a 90 Arrived at the Bar at a. N,
ampton H. with mdse and passengers to oslrchs Co
Arrived At tho Bar Al o.l6am -
steamer De Ruyter lBsg) Brareus Antwerp Aug with
mdse 70 Funch Edye Co. Arrived at the Bar at ID.
Steamer Columbia tRri Mitchell Girgenti July r. Rar
Rodi 30 Palermo 80 Gibraltar Aug with mdso and 70
10 Henderson Bros Arrived At the Bar at noon
steamer Murcano (spsnh Lsszarsya Matanhas days
with sugar Havomeyers Elder vessel to Chas Sumner
& Co. Arrived OF tho Bar at 9. 81
Steamer stag (Br Robinson Kingston days In ballast 10
John seager Arrived at tho Bar AZ ass am
Frithof lNor Berg BaracOa with fruit TO
pumos Arrived at the Bar at scam
Steamer Iemassee Patt Fernandna4 days Charleston.
with mdse and passengers to VIM Clyde %.
Steamer Guyandotts Kelley. Newport News and Norfolk
kieanora. Bragg. Portland with mdse to Horato
Hall
steamer Hondo Br) Dure Boston. in ballast to Williams
q Rankin.
Steamer WIkesbarre. Gates Boston for Port Jonson.
Bark Bonny Door, Burgess Gbara Is days with sugar 10
Mosls Bros; weasel TO Miller noughton. 49,
sugar Moses Taylor Co, vessets Miller Houghton.
Bark Wandcrer tof Liberia Bogss. ~ Martins zodSs
with salt to order vessel TO Middleton & Co.
Bark Fritz GER. Audies BIT Vincent WI 2odsys Win
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The N.uYork club improved ts position considerably in
the esteray Chicago Detroit and Phade



Tho business failures throughout the country the last
week as reported by X o. Duo h Co. OF tho Mercantile
Agency wandered 1885 for the United States and twenyr
Canada total OF l6l against $50 last week nd 1856
the corresponding week last In their weekly Of
trade Messrs Qua & Co. say. anon other things;
Every Thing Con'der abo In.
d,puto iniee its effects already felt
drout for manufactured products But estimates q;
the Of done dlsr widely Chicago and Detroit
avicss indicate that rains late To cOnsdera
BILE portion OF the but after doclnny . cents
the impression that the injury would
extensive balance the increase acreage he price
reports point probable yied slightly less
Of Last While the
large carnn2s the weakness In securities operates TO
sales AMI roads AMI thus Affects
demand for as and Al Philadelphia ralt weaker
and sale OF 500 tons To Southern road at price equiva
egn Of compact regulate
production promises 10 prevent uniue depression Pig
Il shaded and 1t Is admitted that tho supply
tho demand Coal stocks accumulate and instead tho
expected advance prices weaken sales bsow circular rates
ben reported The monetary situation has nnayorao
several favorable features Srngoacy increases at
erd Interior and reports Of unsasfact0rv only
fan cosctio but the purchase Of
bonds the Treasury the shipments OF gold from Europe
and the sales Of securities abroad BY Mr. Gould appear
avert in this market tho Exports In
July satisfactory. and tor tho throo
have been hty larger than for thu same week, last
and while the reports of g0li the from europe
probably exaggerated for effect the outward Of
curss undoubtedly continues. The possibility OF important
failures resulting from recent daring aons
chance OF large demands for money the West
not 10 be safely overlooked
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ovERzEALoUs ~ SHOWING MS AUTHORITY

OVER-ZEALOUS ~ SHOWING HIS AUTHORITY.
Frederick wilcox. who keeps bakery at No 2liO Third
Harlem Police Court yesterday TO an.
suer charge maciously and wully oosructng traffic
Third Surface Road. Wilcox formerly lived
In Yorktown NJ Y, and, while there obtained an appoint
an ocsr for tho Prevention Of Cruelty
but pay for his services ON wednesday
he tho Third Avenue and made tho driver
take Thrt!eh claiming that onc OF the
service The railroad officials claim that
stopped another one OF the horses was hmping little
and be back with the team Another car
driver transferred his team the forward
about start down town. when WILCOX discov
cred the horses legs and sent that
team back The railroad that nothing allied any
o the that would them the slightest pain.
Justice Wsde said That tho prisoner could not be allowed
interfere with tho running OF railroad such trivial
pretert, whether an agent OF the society or not
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RAPID WORK on TIE SUBWAYS.

The Western Union Telegraph Company has made its
peace with Commissioner ess and now lay its ca
bss in the subway trenches without fear Of molestaon
The work OF building the subwaysis gong on rapidly
and satisfactorily. The section In COrtandtst has
reached Broadway and tho workmen began to excavato
in the latter thoroushfare yesterday The section in
Fityeighths has gone as far as Fourthave and work
side streets from Fourteenth to Ihrtythrd s between
Broadway and SiXthave. The section extending north
in Broadway has reached Thirty frstst while the south
ern section 10 at NiReteenth-st AT Twenteth-st the
southern section has encountered largo rock which
will have be blasted This will retard the work
what at that point Yesterday afternoon the Edison
Electric Light Company was laying wires in the trenches
of the northern section in Broadway and the section in
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TWO yIOLIyS WITH A HISTORY.

Edward Tubbs dealer in musical Instruments at 10 374
Bowery the aud arraignment at Jefersoa
Police yesterday Of George Martin, age nfty
two Brooklyn Thursday Martin entered Tub6s store
and offered TO sell small vons for $780, TubOs imme
daey recognized the instruments as those he had
samuel Johnson secretary OF the Phll
harmonic society living 10 Connecticut Mr. Johnson
that he had had the viohns Tor NIFTY
and male by Dodd, OF London, one
hundred years He valued them at $500 Three years
ago Mr. JohnsOn called Tubs and told him that some
thief had broken into his apartments At Nassau ana
hickman and had stolen the yons Therefore when
sell them for fifth or their value Iubbs
a summoned an officer and had him arrested.
informed TubOs he bought tie instruments
eight At the police station he reduced the time
and being arragned before Justice Dury
further reduced the four He claimed 10
have auction house Ia the basement OF tho
house where johnson lived the time. Tho prisoner
remanded Cor examination 10 enable him TO produce the
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GAMES IN OTHER CITIES.

CLEVELAND Aug I9-Thc Metropolitan club played the
game OF its present Western series 10 day and was
beaten after Interesting match. The Indians scattered
profuely and also scattered laundering errors with
equally hand The home Glib scored three runs in
opening INNING aud holding the lead TO the end won as
| follows;
Sietf51SH .......o %
Ba,.hit,-ceyeanGl 49, Metropolitan ESTor,-cev.land
Sr T BaueT T.
| CINCINNATI. Aug lo-To-day's between tho Brook
yu and Cincinnati clubs lively contest through
| out the fielding play being exceptionally brill
| liant Tooles pitching not effective At
trying aud the home club in consequence won as
follows:
G rrSsEiy nj .s p
B5ooky cn9n " H. Ms.5
NJ M '"a''' D. '''''''' ''''' '''
Pr1rsBuRo. Aug lo-The Chicago and Pitt,burg clubs
PLAY another unusually exciting and brilliant game today
after battle OF thirteen innings Nota
run either side for seven nnnEs The score
was az appealed:
f r.s%ft .:::o GG -5
Ba:sht'-chiGago - Pttsbarr. IS ErrGIs.cheaEo
| MI Powers
ISDI.SAroLs Aug l9Tho Hoosor. succeeded in defeat
Detroit opponent, to-day after exciting battle OF
unngA The home players scored In the first
nuns but tho Wolverines made one In the second and tied
From that point to tho tenth inning tho PLAYING
remarkably sharp. Then the indianapolis nine rallied
shreve formerly OF the Balt
more cu pitched for the homo and did exceptionally
go WORK The score rai as follows;
Detroit I.s.n,,o ;:.................-.G
Ba.-htsD II; indianapolis. IT, Error. Detroit 5;
indianapolis, g Ptohers-Conwsy and ShfeVe UmpHe-Mr
| Heay.
BOSTON, Aug la-Ths Boston club defeated the washing
ton nine again to-day Tho visiting players made hns rally
in the inning aud scored half doEea Had the
earlier In the the result might have been
different. The score was a. annexed
Wa.hin o o o Go
.tOn......-.................-....0 o . 2-b
Ba.ehit.-wa gton 49, Boston. ~ Errors-Was hing
ton 8: BOston9. Pitchefs-O'Day and Madden. Umpire
| MT Doescher.
| ST. LOUIS Aug l9.-The club had time OF
defeating the Athletic to-day. The veteran Mathews
ptche for the CITY and his delivery was batted
10 every The Athletics also ruined their hcdn
with frightfu rapidly The score was appended
Athletic. ...................-.....l -
| 81 Louis TX
Baseht.-Athletic g. ST Louis 80 Errors-Athlotc 49,
Louis o. Pitchers-Mathews aud Murphy Umpire-Mr.
/ Ferguson
LOUISVILLE Aug. l9-The Ia tmoro players were fortu
nate punching their hits to-day and in making errors
which costly The Louisville nine batted
WELL but not at the light time The score was as follows
/ Baltimore. D l. %
| Basehits- Baltimore ~; Louisville IL. Errors-Bat
plre-Mr Curry.
|
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RUNNING OFF WITH GIRL TO RICHMOND.
william McGregor, who had been a car conductor on
the Dekalb Avenue line in Brooklyn, and who lived with
his wife in Dekalb Evergreenave, started for
Richmond Va, yesterday, in company with Emily
Sch wiegler nineteen. the daughter OF nelghbor
who had become Infatuated with him. The girl left a
note for her mother which read as follows:
DEAR MOTHER; mot Mr.. McGregor this morning He Is
going TO Richmond Va, and am going with him III you
wish to you do too Goodby. Your daugher
~ EMILY.
Mrs McGreger also received note in which her hus
band told her lie going to Richmond. but he said
nothing his companion. She was told TO get the bal
ance OF wages So due him. Application has been male
to the police 10 arrest the fugitlves
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WFsTCHEsTER COUNTY.

PoRTcHEsrRRThe overgrovn Boys OF Portchester cele
Fox Island YESTERDAY aud had Jolly time About $50 sat
consumed barrels OF olams 100 cara OF
corn pounds Holsters $50 ponds Of buohsh two
barrels OF potatoes ono barrel Of Irish potatoes.
pounds OF picked pork twoEtyfour large water
melon, besides liberal quantity OF bread butter pic kles
with regard 10 the beverages disposed oil tho commit
OF arrang oments failed - report
YoSKERs-The members Of the Fourth Separate Company
OF N q. n. H. Thursday went 10 River Wow on the
New Jersey site Of tho Hudson River TO enjoy their clam
along with them Supervisor acob Read
Alter paraking OF tho good things with which tho company
had beautifully provided then selves they presented to MT
sAve token OF thsir appreciation for MS success
efforts providing their 80 mo An
arnory building